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Notiomastodon

Description

Notiomastodon is an extinct proboscidean genus of gomphotheres (a distant relative to modern elephants) endemic to South America from the Pleistocene to the Holocene living for about 1.8 million years.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4825858https://www.gbif.org/species/4825858
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43250https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43250
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Notiomastodon
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
-TethytheriaMcKenna 1975
orderProboscidea
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
-ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
-ElephantidaTassy and Shoshani 1997
superfamilyGomphotherioideaHay 1922
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
subfamilyCuvieroniinaeCabrera 1929
genusNotiomastodonCabrera 1929
Scientific NameNotiomastodon Cabrera, 1929
Name Published InRev. Mus. La Plata, 32
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Notiomastodongenusbelongs to GomphotheriidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Notiomastodongenusbelongs to Cuvieroniinaestated without evidenceShoshani and Tassy, 1996
Notiomastodongenusbelongs to Cuvieroniinistated without evidenceMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Notiomastodongenusbelongs to Cuvieroniinaestated without evidenceShoshani and Tassy, 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser (based on Gomphotheriidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notiomastodon

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Haplomastodon (Aleamastodon)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)
Notiomastodon platensis
species
listed (PBDB)562.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1929Notiomastodon Cabrera
1950Haplomastodon Hoffstetter
1956Haplomastodon Paula Couto p. 105
1988Haplomastodon Carroll
1988Notiomastodon Carroll
1996Haplomastodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
YearName and Author
1996Notiomastodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997Haplomastodon McKenna and Bell p. 502
1997Notiomastodon McKenna and Bell p. 502
2005Haplomastodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2005Notiomastodon Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2006Haplomastodon Salles et al. p. 8

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Paula Couto C. (1956) Mamiferos fosseis do Cenozoico da Amazonia, Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas Boletim 3, 1-121
Shoshani J., Tassy P. (1996) Summary, conclusions, and a glimpse into the future, in J. Shoshani and P. Tassy, eds., The Proboscidea: Evolution and Palaeoecology of Elephants and Their Relatives, 335-348
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Shoshani J., Tassy P. (2005) Advances in proboscidean taxonomy & classification, anatomy & physiology, and ecology & behavior, Quaternary International 126-128, 5-20
Salles L. O., Cartelle C., et al (2006) Quaternary mammals from Serra do Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Boletim do Museu Nacional 521, 1-12
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Rev. Mus. La Plata, 32 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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